Who Hones in the U.K?

**benhowe** · 10-17-2010, 12:07 PM

Hey,

Thought i'd post here, so that someone would see it, but does anyone have a recommendation for someone who hones in the UK? I looked on the classifieds, and contacted a guy called Gary, but couldn't get a reply, and there's hardly anyone else, so i figured I'd ask here if any knows a trusted honemeister in the UK. I'm new to honing, and I want to learn it properly, although I have a norton waterstone, I want someone to set my Dovo straight first of all.

cheers!

Benhowe

**Arrowhead** · 10-17-2010, 01:01 PM

Neil Miller gets my personal recommendation, and there's also The Invisible Edge whose service I haven't used, but their reputation is good.

**Claude** · 10-17-2010, 01:31 PM

+1 on Neil Miller.

Claude

**JimmyHAD** · 10-17-2010, 01:44 PM

Welcome to SRP. +1 on Neil, and Steve Dempster of the Invisible Edge. I have no personal experience with Neil's honing but I've read many posts singing his praises. Steve (blue principle on SRP) honed a couple of TI razors I bought from him and they are exceptional. Gary Haywood is in the UK and I hear he knows his way around a hone as well. I don't know if he offers the service though.

**ianp1966** · 10-17-2010, 02:17 PM

I've had great results from Gary Haywood , he's got an add in the classified section, really nice guy to deal with too

ian

**wdwrx** · 10-17-2010, 02:26 PM

Originally Posted by ianp1966

I've had great results from Gary Haywood , he's got an add in the classified section, really nice guy to deal with too

ian

I can second that!

Gary is a gentleman of the finest class!

**justalex** · 10-17-2010, 03:27 PM

Third vote for Gary Haywood, had two super hones from him very reasonbly priced and pretty quick, pretty strange he hasn't answered your email, he must be busy

regards alex

**Deckard** · 10-17-2010, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Welcome to SRP. +1 on Neil, and Steve Dempster of the Invisible Edge. I have no personal experience with Neil's honing but I've read many posts singing his praises. Steve (blue principle on SRP) honed a couple of TI razors I bought from him and they are exceptional. Gary Haywood is in the UK and I hear he knows his way around a hone as well. I don't know if he offers the service though.

+1 for Steve Dempster, I've had similar experience.
I generally hone my own and am happy but would recommend Steve.

**gssixgun** · 10-17-2010, 04:09 PM

Besides all the excellent recommendations above you really should take a look at this thread

http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...orcon-its.html

If you can make it to a Meetup or RazorCon by all means attend... One or two days there will teach you more than you can learn in 6 months of reading...

**technika1** · 10-17-2010, 04:25 PM

Gary has done a few for me, and i cant praise him enough.

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